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Festival Information

The Tao of X-Mass - December 20th, 11am to Dusk, Wakefield, New Zealand, 2015

“Less presents more present. This time give time.”

Tao Wells has been living in Wakefield for the last three years and feels it’s time to share some of his creativity with the town.

This December 20th, with some luck with the weather, the “Now Festival of Tao” will run for one brief afternoon all over Wakefield. Wells plans to subtly install a series of his creative works inspired by the spirit of DIY and limited wealth, in four different outdoor sites around Wakefield.

With family and friends in support, and to engage with any questions that may arise. Maps are available for people to find the different locations which are all within walking/ cycling distance of each other.

The works are made of stretched bed sheets, pillow cases and spare socks on wooden frames hung from fencing wire. For Wells the works are a conundrum, “It’s just a bed sheet stretched over a wooden frame, but to me it looks like a million dollars”. Wells also intends to debut a new template, "trouser pocket".

There’s a cheeky promotional theme playing on his name of Tao, a Chinese philosophy that contemplates nothingness as a path from which everything springs. Wells wishes to encourage an x-mas where time is taken to do "nothing".

“I want to do something different for Christmas this year. I thought I would make a stand and present values I actually have. It’s only taken me 43 years to get here”.

Beace (plan b)

Sponsors and Permissions

Now Festival of Tao is grateful for the moral support and permissions from The Focus Wakefield Committee, the Nelson Tasman Cycle Trails Trust, the Tasman District Council Horticulture Officer and the TDC Transportation Manager. - Thank you.